{"id":135477,"date":"2025-08-21T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/news\/?id=yo2104n5"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:00:46","slug":"tax-and-price-updates-for-apps-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2025\/08\/21\/tax-and-price-updates-for-apps-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax and Price Updates for Apps, In-App Purchases, and Subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tax-and-price-updates-for-apps-in-app-purchases-and-subscriptions.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The App&nbsp;Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts.<\/p>\n<p>From time to time, we need to adjust prices or your proceeds due to changes in tax regulations or foreign exchange rates. These adjustments are made using publicly available exchange rate information from financial data providers to help make sure prices for apps and In-App Purchases stay consistent across all storefronts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tax and price updates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As of August 21:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your proceeds from the sale of eligible apps and In\u2011App Purchases have been modified in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brazil: Imposto sobre Opera\u00e7\u00f5es Financeiras (IOF) of 3.5%<\/li>\n<li>Canada: Digital services tax (DST) no longer applicable<\/li>\n<li>Estonia: Value\u2011added tax (VAT) rate increase from 22% to 24%<\/li>\n<li>Romania:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; VAT rate increase from 19% to 21%<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; Reduced VAT rate increase from 5% to 11% for news, magazines, books, and audiobooks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Philippines: VAT introduction of 12% for developers based outside of the Philippines<\/li>\n<li>Vietnam:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; Organizations based outside of Vietnam: VAT rate increase from 5% to 10%.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; Individual developers based outside of Vietnam: Personal income tax (PIT) introduction of 5%, replacing the corporate income tax (CIT). Reduced VAT rate of 0% for news, magazines, and books no longer applies and all content will be taxed at the standard rate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; Organizations based in Vietnam: Apple will no longer remit foreign contractor tax (FCT) on sales to end customers. FCT of 5% introduced on Apple\u2019s commission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; Individual developers based in Vietnam: Personal income tax (PIT) introduction of 2%, replacing the corporate income tax (CIT). FCT of 5% introduced on Apple\u2019s commission. Reduced VAT rate of 0% for news, magazines, and books no longer applies and all content will be taxed at the standard rate.<\/p>\n<p>Exhibit B and C of the Paid Applications Agreement will be updated to indicate that Apple collects and remits applicable taxes in the Philippines, and the relevant tax changes in Vietnam.\u00b9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beginning September 8:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pricing for apps and In-App Purchases will be updated for the Philippines and Vietnam if you haven\u2019t selected one of these storefronts as the base storefront for your app or In\u2011App Purchase.\u00b2 These updates also consider VAT introductions and changes listed in the tax updates section above.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve selected the Philippines or Vietnam as the base storefront for your app or In-App Purchase, prices won\u2019t change. On other storefronts, prices will be updated to maintain equalization with your chosen base price.<\/p>\n<p>Prices won\u2019t change in any region if your In\u2011App Purchase is an auto\u2011renewable subscription. Prices also won\u2019t change on the storefronts where you manually manage prices instead of using the automated equalized prices.<\/p>\n<p>The Pricing and Availability section of Apps has been updated in <a href=\"https:\/\/appstoreconnect.apple.com\/login\">App Store Connect<\/a> to display these upcoming price changes. As always, you can change the prices of your apps, In\u2011App Purchases, and auto\u2011renewable subscriptions at any time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about managing your prices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-app-pricing\/schedule-price-changes#view-or-edit-upcoming-price-changes\">View or edit upcoming <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">price changes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-app-pricing\/set-a-price#edit-your-apps-base-country-or-region\">Edit your app\u2019s base country <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">or region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/reference\/app-store-pricing-and-availability-start-times-by-country-or-region\/\">Pricing and availability start times by country <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">or region<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/manage-in-app-purchases\/set-a-price-for-an-in-app-purchase\">Set a price for an <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">In-App Purchase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about your proceeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/getting-paid\/view-payments-and-proceeds\/\">View payments <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">and proceeds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/help\/app-store-connect\/getting-paid\/download-financial-reports\">Download <span class=\"icon icon-after icon-chevronright nowrap\">financial reports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sosumi margin-top-small\">\u00b9 Translations of the updated agreement will be available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/support\/terms\/\">Apple Developer website<\/a> within one month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sosumi margin-top-small\">\u00b2 Excludes auto-renewable subscriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The App&nbsp;Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. 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